umbe

See also: umbé and umbe-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English umbe, embe, from Old English ymbe (“around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about, by, near”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with West Frisian om (“around”), Dutch om (“around”), German um (“around”), Danish om (“around, about”), Icelandic umb, um (“around”), Latin amb- (“around, about”), ambi- (“both”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, about”), Sanskrit अभि (abhi, “against, about”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Preposition

umbe

  1. (obsolete) Around, about; after.

Derived terms
  • umbestound

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ymbe (“around, about”).

Adverb

umbe

  1. around
  2. about

Preposition

umbe

  1. around
  2. about

Descendants
  • English: umbe, umb, um, umben (obsolete)
  • Scots: umbe-

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Preposition

umbe

  1. about, around

Descendants

References
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